Can Intermittent Fasting Mimic the Metabolic and Cardiovascular and Anti-aging Effects of Calorie Restriction?

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Conditions studied: Obesity, Overweight

In brief

The purpose of Intermittent Fasting study is to investigate whether intermittent fasting could decrease the chronic inflammation levels in overweight/obese people.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01964118

Run by

Washington University School of Medicine

People needed

50

Starts

2013-07-01

Expected to finish

2016-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-05-24

Who can join

Age: 30 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The participants in this study will be 50 men and women in the 30 to 65 year age range, who have a BMI in the high normal to moderately obese range (i.e. 24 to 35 kg/m2),
• Participants who are eating usual US diets and are sedentary to moderately active (i.e. not exercise trained).

You may not qualify if…

• History of any chronic disease process that could interfere with interpretation of results
• Smoking, pregnancy, alcoholism, psychiatric problems, life situations that would interfere with study participation and compliance.

Where it is running

• Washington University School of Medicine — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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